At a Glance
- Meaning
- This child has arrived bearing a crown, i.e. born into royal standing, from ọmọ ('child') + ládé (ní adé, 'has a crown' / dé 'arrive' + adé 'crown')
- Origin
- Yoruba
- Gender
- Girl
- Pronunciation
- oh-moh-LAH-day
Ọmọládé is a Yoruba girl's name meaning “This child has arrived bearing a crown, i.e. born into royal standing, from ọmọ ('child') + ládé (ní adé, 'has a crown' / dé 'arrive' + adé 'crown')”. It appears in our list of 175+ Yoruba Baby Names Full of Meaning and Cultural Pride.
Meaning & Origin of Ọmọládé
Meaning: This child has arrived bearing a crown, i.e. born into royal standing, from ọmọ ('child') + ládé (ní adé, 'has a crown' / dé 'arrive' + adé 'crown').
Origin: Yoruba.
A common claim: Crown has arrived Actually: This is often shortened to 'Crown has arrived,' but the name literally begins with ọmọ ('child') -- it's the child who arrives bearing/into the crown, not the crown by itself.
How to Pronounce Ọmọládé
oh-moh-LAH-dayIPA /ɔˌmɔːˈlɑːdeɪ/
Popularity of Ọmọládé
Ọmọládé doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.
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